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29th O. V. I. New Market, Va. 30 April 1862

Army Correspondence.

From the Twenty-Ninth.

Through the politeness of Lt. Crowell we have the following letter from the Twenty-Ninth.

New Market, Va., April 30, 1862.

Dear Sir: It is with pleasure that I write these few lines to let you know that we are [...]

77th Ohio O. V. I. & Edgarton's Battery 14 May 1862

The Seventy-Seventh Ohio.— This Regiment has been placed under the ban, since the battle of Pittsburg Landing, on a charge of cowardice. Recent investigations of the matter show that they were deserted by their Colonel at the first of the fight, and that the Lieut. Colonel was killed by one of the [...]

The 23d O. V. I. At Charleston, Va. 19 April 1862

From The Twenty Third.

Charleston, Kanawah Co., Va., April 19th, 1862.

To The Editor Of The Sentinel.

When I left on the 18th of March, I promised to write you from the regiment at Raleigh, where I expected to have been long before this, but unfitness [...]

Union College Hospital 21 April 1862

Army Correspondence.

Union College Hospital, Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 21, 1862.

To The Editor Of The Sentinel.

The spirit moves me to write to you, and through you to the good citizens of Ashtabula county. We have just been cheered by the arrival, at this Hospital, of [...]

14th Ohio Battery 7 May 1862

The Fourteenth Ohio Battery.

In the Warren Chronicle of Wednesday last, we find a very interesting letter from a member of the 14th Ohio Battery, in which is given the most complete list of killed and wounded that we have yet seen, which is most probably exact. We quote it [...]

Our Loss In The Battle Of Pittsburg Landing.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, gives the following estimate of our losses in this great battle, which is doubtless very nearly correct, as given in the several Divisions.

Killed Wounded Missing McClernand’s 251 1351 286 W. L. Wallace’s 228 1033 1163 Lew. Wallace’s 43 258 5 Hurlburt’s 313 1549 223 Sherman’s 437 1402 [...]

14th Ohio Battery 30 April 1862

Fourteenth Battery, Ohio Volunteer Artillery.

To The Editor Of The Sentinel.

While many batteries that were in the battle of Pittsburgh Landing, are being applauded through the press for their efficiency, nothing is said of the 14th. Some of these pet batteries, that preform such wonderful service, with [...]

29th O. V. I. Camp Duval 15 April 1862

Army Correspondence.

From The Twenty-Ninth.

Camp Duval, Thirty-Five Miles From Winchester, April 15, 1862.

To The Editor Of The Sentinel.

There has been stirring times in the 29th, since I left on the 7th March, on a “leave of absence.” Hard and fatiguing marches, a severe battle, with [...]